Parker Douglas Hamblin

Parker Douglas Hamblin
Born: Sept 11,2009 (shares a b-day with Uncle Jake)
Time: 8:35am
Weight: 7 lbs 7 oz
Length: 19.5 in

I went in to labor on Friday morning about 12:30am. I woke to semi hard contractions about 10 minutes apart. I finally told Doug I was feeling contractions and he got right up and wanted to start packing the bag. I wasn't so sure yet if we should go since they were so far apart but after chatting and remember what happened with Ashley we decided to get going. I was so nervous. We called my parents and my dad came down to watch the kids. Thanks Dad. Why do I go in to labor always in the middle of the night?
At the hospital they put me in a room and measured me at only a 3, barely. They gave me 1 hour to see if I changed at all. This is at 2am. I kept praying the whole time that there would be enough change to keep me. I did not want to go home and have things change so fast that I would have another natural child birth. My contractions were so sporadic I wasn't sure they were going to keep me. I had a few right close together and then after that it was like every 10-15 minutes. When the nurse came in and checked me she said I was barely a 4 but she was going to call the doc because his heart rate kept dropping with each contraction. I was admitted, thank goodness. We immediately had an epidural, heaven! For the next few hours things went really slow. I was dilated only to a 5 a 85% effaced. I couldn't believe how slow things were going. So different than with Ashley. at 7am they decided to give me pitocin, I don't know why they waited so long. At 7:45am my mother in law came to visit before heading off to school. Not 5 minutes after she left I felt my water break and a ton of pressure. I told the nurses and sure enough, Parker was ready to be born. They called the doctor and told me not to push. That's kind of an uncomfortable feeling. About 15 minutes later Dr Young showed up and then we were ready to go. After a few pushes Parker was out. The biggest surprise to us all was that not only did he have the cord around his neck, which we already knew and which was why they decided to keep me, he also had a knot in his cord. Dr. Young said he must have been meant to be here because that could have killed him. Through out the whole labor his heart beat was really slow and it worried me a ton but the nurses kept assuring me it was normal. When my water broke I couldn't hear his heart anymore and i started freaking out. I am so glad he is here and safe and that we had no real complications.

We are all happy to have Parker finally in our home. Look how big our family is getting.

Taylor loves his baby brother and wants to hold him all the time


Ashley loves him just as much.


Here are some pictures of the first day at the hospital.






Doug loves this pictures. Says it reminds him of Rocky Balboa


Our precious Parker. One thing we've learned early on is he's already a momma's boy. He just wants me to hold him. One time he was screaming and would not stop until I was holding him.

The two cousins. Aubrie Robins was born on July 21st. I can't believe what a difference 2 months makes.


Taylor and Ashley got to go to a birthday party for Callie Fairbanks. There was a clown there and they got their faces painted.